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Poems Of John Donne: Blossom, The

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From: Great Works of Literature
Date: 19920101
Author:Donne, John

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Blossom, The

Little think'st thou, poor flower, Whom I have watched six or seven days, And seen thy birth, and seen what every hour Gave to thy growth, thee to this height to raise, And now dost laugh and triumph on this bough, - Little think'st thou That it will freeze anon, and that I shall To - morrow find thee fall'n, or not at all.

Little think'st thou, poor heart, That labourest yet to nestle thee, And think'st by hovering here to get a part In a forbidden or forbidding tree, And hop'st her stiffness by long siege to bow, - Little think'st thou That thou, to - morrow, ere ...

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